#8A78EC#8A78EC

#8A78EC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.168 H 287.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78EC
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 236)
HSL	hsl(249, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(249, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 49.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, 34.52, -56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 66.19, 301.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% 0.0515 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.168 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3338, 24.8912, 82.4415)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78EC #DAEC78

analogous

#78A0EC #8A78EC #C478EC

triadic

#8A78EC #EC8A78 #78EC8A

tetradic

#8A78EC #EC78A0 #DAEC78 #78ECC4

square

#8A78EC #EC78A0 #DAEC78 #78ECC4

split-complementary

#8A78EC #ECC478 #A0EC78

monochromatic

#381DCD #5C42E4 #8A78EC #B8AEF4 #E7E3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8A78EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8A78EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78EC

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78EC	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#488BF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4786E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E90A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.168 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19ff3',
    500: '#8a78ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78ec;
$custom-light: #b19ff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.31,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64297,
    "c": 0.16825,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78EC

secondary

#EBF0D0

accent

#D70EB8

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78EC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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